title: Cost-effectiveness model for youth EFNEP programs: what do we measure and how do we do it?
abstract: The Youth Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is one of the United States Department of Agriculture's hallmark nutrition education programs for limited-resource youth. The objective of this study was to gather opinions from experts in EFNEP and related content areas to identify costs, effects (impacts), and related instruments to develop a cost-effectiveness model (instrument) for youth EFNEP, which does not exist. A cost-effectiveness model determines the economic or financial cost of producing an impact. The findings highlight several challenges in identifying inputs through consensus and provide a roadmap for the creation of a model that can be adopted by state EFNEP coordinators.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0430, USA. serrano@vt.edu
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McFerren
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lambur
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ellerbock
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hosig
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Franz
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Muennig
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018803:Models, Economic; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000191:economics* / Q000193:education; D014481:United States; D016885:United States Department of Agriculture